The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
RETURNED TO WED.

How old was Miss Selma Prime-al
ways spoken of rs '' Little Miss Prime"
To Judge 5y ler soft blonde locks yoJ
would a. e sG.1 not 20 Tar on toward
forty. IU. O. hear .cV tllS-to observe
her scli-rLaclug shrinking into tho
ranks OF TIE oil. and TIE failed, an,
the suclvcd-bcyond al question yo-
would nave amended The judgm -nt VIII
q surely, there Il a mistake. Little
Miss Prime must bc quite an aged per
souage."
e II you would only crimp your hair,
Aunt Selma, and wear your gowns OF a
little moro modish cut-not that you
need TO. for you're as pretty as you can
be just as you are-you would look
we'll, nearly as young as l do"
Thus spoke Hannah Prime. called
Mamie, and the belle OF the town.
And with imperious fingers she fast
ened flowers In little Miss Primes fine
bit OF lace.
Not haf an hour later Miss Selma was
taking her place among group OF ell
derly maidens, ranged along the wall,
and her niece was starting off on the
arm OF an elig ble Young man to the
pul<1ting measures of = walt
Who, thought Aunt Selma, could be
good enough for Nannie-she SO hand
some so or. Iliant, 40 clever' He must be
very knight and king among men who
would dare TO WOO her and wear
her.
And Miss Selma. grown for IN Ins;ans
obliyious I'm part Of the gay scene about
her, ed g ntly.
But thsn the temporary mists OF
memor cleared away, and she caught
n glimpse of her bcautiful niece talking
TO a tell, hroad-shouldered man.
The next moment Miss Selma was
rally.n- all ner forces together 20 meet
ftr11 n 80. ~, D
come upon her, all unprepared as she
was.
But surely they were not coming to
wards her7 Yes Mamie flushed and
i.pp-rious, with her black cloud of cra-
p,ry trailing after he-, was crossing the
room on the arm Of the tall man,
and both were steering directly
towards the shrinking little figure in
gray.
{" Aunt Selma, here is q gentleman
who wa interested In me as soon as he
knew my name waS Prime. He said he
had known Miss Prime years ago. It
must have been you
And Miss Selma, though with a COM
posed little air OF bravery, was extend
Ing tremulous hand and murmuring
somethin, to the effect OF " having met
Mr.. Dilber before"
The tall man sank into the chair be-
side her. Miss Mamie drifted of again
on the arm OF a fresh admirer. Mr..
Dilber turned TO the little woman and
looked ~ her steadily.
YoU are not changed at al" J." he said
brusQucly.
Indeeg, with the vivid color OF ex-
citemen. in her checks. Miss Selina's
soft face looked Ike tina: Of q young
girl Bnt the compliment was not TO
be returned Er. Dilber had changed
charged much.
Miss Selma stole a sids glance at
the rugged features, the thick beard
streaked with gray, and tried to re-
construct from present semblance the
picturs of the man. young In years and
heart. whom she had known IN the long
ago.
You're thinking you can't say as
much for me-" he continued. ~Wel,
I've had a hard lie. But I've gained my
point I've been successful"
There was a certain defiant aggres-
siveness N the tone The hardness
seemed to make him more OF an alien
than ever. A wound which she had
thought long healed wrung Mis- -elins's
heart with sharp Quick pGng. Her
manner became less trenulo under the
effort 10 suppress the hurt, and TO the
man beside her she had the elect OF
growing more cold
"What a pretty girl your niece Is" DO
said. eTecting a muck needed diveCsio
Here at least, Miss Selma could spea
fr ely.
Yes. IL she not IOvely2" she cried,
with the light coming into her eyes.
" And Just as clever and good as she is
beautiful. She has heen like q daughter
70 me-"
And then, for some occult reason, poor
little Miss Prime blushed a sensitive
pink again
well. revered Aunt Selma mine"
cried Mamie, when the two were at
home once more. 90 what think you of
NY chances with the nabob Dilber.